Minor things that bother you

[JoePCool14]

Literally just noticed this one.

Minor things that bother you
versus
Minor things that annoy you-sports edition

[tchafe1978]

When people say "near-miss" when what they really mean is "near-hit".

[texaskdog]

Literally just noticed this one.

Minor things that bother you
versus
Minor things that annoy you-sports edition

When I set it up I didn't bother to look, that's what I thought it was!

[GaryV]

Oh, bother.

[Flint1979]

Annoying and immature people

[Flint1979]

I have heard that, in Europe, if you're in the leftmost lane and approaching someone going slower than you, if you flash your lights they will move right ASAP. I'm not sure if it's true, but it does make sense.

True here too. Quick flash of the high-beams usually gets someone out of the way. But then Washington has fairly strict keep-right rules, so people don't put up a fight.

I've never seen that in this country, and if I did, I'd think someone was either in an emergency or wanted road rage.

American drivers are way too impatient for something like that. They'd sooner zip past in the right lane (without signaling, of course) before you even notice that you're holding them up.

What I can't stand is like on a four lane highway (two lanes in each direction) someone in the left lane is poking around the speed limit and another car in the right lane is doing the same speed. I have had this issue on US-23 several times it's so annoying just pass and get back over it's really not that hard.

[Rothman]

When people say "near-miss" when what they really mean is "near-hit".

What is a near-miss, if not a near-hit?  Sorry, the masses have spoken on this one.

[SSOWorld]

That's what they tell you.

"Get on the plane! get on the plane!"

Fuck you! I'm getting in the plane!

Let Evel Knievel get on the plane!

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Also "enplane" and "deplane"

So when did Tatoo speak become standard?

DEPLANE! DEPLANE!!!

[tolbs17]

Tiktok emotions.

[renegade]

Clickbait.  I absolutely despise that.

Also could not care less about 'social media.'  Fakebook, Twutter, Insta-crack ... none of that on my devices.

Online gambling commercials on TV.

[interstatefan990]

When people say "near-miss" when what they really mean is "near-hit".

What is a near-miss, if not a near-hit?  Sorry, the masses have spoken on this one.

I think it's kind of like two ideas combined into one- it was a miss that was nearly a hit. Hence, "near-miss".

[CoreySamson]

Tiktok emotions.

How about TikTok in general? That app annoys the crap out of me.

[texaskdog]

Clickbait.  I absolutely despise that.

Also could not care less about 'social media.'  Fakebook, Twutter, Insta-crack ... none of that on my devices.

Online gambling commercials on TV.

The worst are anything having to do with manscaping or having larger balls etc.  It's disgusting and I stopped listening to all shows that carry that advertising.

[wxfree]

"Man," "men," everyone gets that.  But somehow adding two letters makes it incomprehensible.  Seeing "a good women" and "a group of woman" irritates me.  It isn't just because it's wrong, but because it's so easy to get right.

[US 89]

When you can see 2 digital clocks at the same time (like on an oven and microwave right above it) and they aren't exactly synched.

[CtrlAltDel]

When you can see 2 digital clocks at the same time (like on an oven and microwave right above it) and they aren't exactly synched.

That doesn't get me so much, given how hard it is to exactly synch them. Being two minutes apart, though, that's too much. Like this, at the Austin Convention Center which bothered me enough that I took a picture of it:

[texaskdog]

When you can see 2 digital clocks at the same time (like on an oven and microwave right above it) and they aren’t exactly synched.

oh God  I could live with my car clock being an hour off but 1:02 off this morning was too much.  and I have to synch them all to the official time.  https://time.gov/

[webny99]

When you can see 2 digital clocks at the same time (like on an oven and microwave right above it) and they aren't exactly synched.

Yikes... yes, definitely. I can deal with anything under 30 seconds, but if it's multiple minutes I'd go crazy.

[hotdogPi]

I know of a set of church bells (they don't ring anymore) that would get about 2 seconds earlier each day. They finally fixed the offset when it was 10 minutes early (well, 50 minutes late because it was in DST and we weren't), but they still didn't fix the drift.

[Flint1979]

When you can see 2 digital clocks at the same time (like on an oven and microwave right above it) and they aren't exactly synched.

Mine does that. I'll set the time on both of them and the microwave will somehow get to be 2 minutes faster than the one on the range.

[kphoger]

Also "enplane" and "deplane"

So when did Tatoo speak become standard?

DEPLANE! DEPLANE!!!

I've decided that, when I eat my dinner, I am actually 'deplating' my food.

[webny99]

When there's two lanes, and one of them ends just beyond a stoplight, and everyone lines up single file at the stoplight, like as if the second lane doesn't even exist. 

[texaskdog]

When there's two lanes, and one of them ends just beyond a stoplight, and everyone lines up single file at the stoplight, like as if the second lane doesn't even exist. 

Opposite for me, when they sit in the right lane and are not right turning and prevent everyone else from right turning

[webny99]

When there's two lanes, and one of them ends just beyond a stoplight, and everyone lines up single file at the stoplight, like as if the second lane doesn't even exist. 

Opposite for me, when they sit in the right lane and are not right turning and prevent everyone else from right turning

I'm mostly referring to freeway interchanges, where the traffic exiting the freeway is coming from the right and therefore, nobody is turning right.

As for the situation you describe, I will use my judgment on a case-by-case basis as to whether to use the right lane if it's empty. If the line in the left lane is long enough that there's a risk of missing the light, then I will certainly use the right lane, or switch to the right lane when the light changes. If it's three cars or less, I usually won't, unless I can see far enough back and nobody's coming that might want to turn right.

[texaskdog]

Also "enplane" and "deplane"

So when did Tatoo speak become standard?

DEPLANE! DEPLANE!!!

I've decided that, when I eat my dinner, I am actually 'deplating' my food.

Without further ado......has anyone ever said "with further ado"?